1998 WTA German Open – Doubles

Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotná were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Davenport with Natasha Zvereva and Novotná with Chanda Rubin.

Doubles
1998 WTA German Open
ChampionsUnited States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
Runners-upFrance Alexandra Fusai
France Nathalie Tauziat
Score6–3, 6–0

Novotná and Rubin lost in the quarterfinals to Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs.

Davenport and Zvereva won in the final 6–3, 6–0 against Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

  1. United States Lindsay Davenport / Belarus Natasha Zvereva (champions)
  2. France Alexandra Fusai / France Nathalie Tauziat (final)
  3. Indonesia Yayuk Basuki / Netherlands Caroline Vis (quarterfinals)
  4. n/a
  5. Russia Anna Kournikova / Latvia Larisa Neiland (semifinals)
  6. United States Lisa Raymond / Australia Rennae Stubbs (semifinals)
  7. Spain Conchita Martínez / Argentina Patricia Tarabini (quarterfinals)
  8. Russia Elena Likhovtseva / Japan Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Final
Final
     
1
6 6  
2
3 0  

Top half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1
6 6  
 
7 7    
1 3  
 
6 5   1
6 6  
 
3 2   8
4 3  
 
6 6    
1 2  
 
6 5 3 8
6 6  
8
3 7 6 1
6 6 6
6
3 7 4
LL
4 3  
 
3 7 6  
6 6  
 
6 5 4  
     
WC
6 6 6 6
w/o    
 
4 7 4 WC
1 4  
WC
1 0   6
6 6  
6
6 6  

Bottom half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5
4 6 6
 
6 2 1 5
4 7 7
 
1 1    
6 6 6
 
6 6   5
6 6 6
 
6 6   3
2 7 4
 
3 1    
6 3 4
3
2 6 6
5
1 4  
7
6 6   2
6 6  
 
4 1   7
6 4 6
 
6 6    
4 6 1
 
4 1   7
6 4 5
Q
5 6 3 2
4 6 7
 
7 4 2/r Q
0 r  
2
5    
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